We have brought together a broad spectrum of independent experts, who either specialise in a particular field, or who have experience and insight into different aspects of the industry. A selection of the judges will review and score all the qualifying entries and compile a short-list and an overall winner from each category.
All judges of The Prepaid Awards are bound by a Code of Conduct covering confidentiality, conflicts of interest and contact with entrants. The judges’ decision is final and there will be no opportunity for appeal, discussion or correspondence.
The judges will rely exclusively on the information provided by the Award entrant. Our judges will be looking to see how the programme/product has been a success against the objectives, taking into account how it stands out from the rest of the market. Entries will also be judged on creativity and how clear and concise the entry is. Judges will also have the right to make nominations, except those in any way connected with their own organisation, that they believe are relevant and missing from the available judging selection.
Roger Alexander
Chair of the Judges
Roger is currently Chairman of Greenings International as well as having a portfolio of Non Executive and Advisory Board roles for companies in the USA, Denmark and the UK. He had a long and successful career at Barclays and in his last 2 executive roles was CEO at S2 (aka Switch) and President of Elavon Merchant at Services (Europe). He was a Non Executive at PrePay Technologies for 7 years prior to the sale to Accor.
Steve Bradbery
Director at Ceridian Stored Value Solutions
Steve Bradbery is Director, Customer Support and Business Innovation at Ceridian Stored Value Solutions. Steve has worked in the Payments Industry for over 20 years with experience in both Closed and Open Loop systems. Steve leads the Ceridian SVS Account Management team in helping customers maximise Gift Card sales performance through multi-channel strategies and in driving customer behaviour through the use of targeted promotions
Barry Forbes
Independent Payment Systems Consultant
Barry's Payment Systems career spans more than 30 years, across IT, operations, product development and consulting, with views including the banking, retail, transport and mobile industries. Within the banking industry in South Africa he has developed and managed a range of EFT and Card products, and ran Mondex SA and the SA eMoney Origination Company. Internationally, he has worked across five continents.
Ken Howes
Independent Consultant
Ken Howes is an independent consultant and strategic advisor. He retired as a Director of Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC), at the end of 2009. Within EDC, Ken led high profile and leading edge assignments for blue chip organisations in many countries throughout the world and was at the forefront of new developments in the payments industry, including prepaid, for three decades.
Peter Sidenius
Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company
Peter Sidenius is a Director at EDC in charge of their European practice. He has over twenty years experience in the financial industry and has delivered global strategic consultancy assignments within the physical and e-business arena of financial services, providing strategic payment service analysis, profitability analysis, operational reviews, new product development and benchmarking studies.
Alistair Gordon
Managing Director of ValuAccess
Alistair Gordon is the founder and Managing Director of ValuAccess, an Asian closed-loop GiftCard programme provider operating in 5 countries across Asia. Based out of Hong Kong, Alistair has previously established and/or operated companies in Asia, US and UK delivering transaction based services to consumers covering telecoms, affinity marketing, loyalty and telematics.
Doug Bausch
Payments Industry Consultant
Doug Bausch's 25 plus years in the Payments Industry include sales, marketing and product development leadership most recently as the Vice President of Brand Standards at MasterCard Worldwide. His extensive work in the prepaid field has given him the opportunity to connect with the leaders of the prepaid industry worldwide and to have helped bring to market some of the world's most successful prepaid programmes.
Ennio Ponzetto
CEO, eCommLink, Inc.
Ennio Ponzetto has over 30 years of experience managing leading technology companies in the United States and abroad. He is currently the CEO of eCommLink, a value-added prepaid debit processor known for delivering innovative and award winning prepaid debit solutions for global companies such as Sodexo, Discover Financial Services and Pulse EFT.
Annich McIntosh
Managing Editor of C&M Publications
Annich McIntosh has a high profile in the card business. She is a frequent speaker and chair at major conferences.
Prepaid is an important area of interest for all three C&M publications. These are: http://www.cardworldonline.com, http://www.fraudwatchonline.com and http://www.loyaltymagazine.com
Michael Müller
Co-founder - paysafecard.com
Michael Müller co-founded paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG in 2000 and was appointed CEO in 2004. Over the past few years he has developed the business into Europe´s leading prepaid online payment company. Michael began his career with UBS in Switzerland after graduating from University.
Lisa Walker
Vice President of Prepaid, First Data
Lisa Walker is Vice President, Prepaid of the International Financial Services group for First Data, tasked with developing and rolling out First Data’s prepaid products and solutions across APAC, EMEA and LAC. Lisa joined First Data in December 2006 in a role focused on developing new initiatives and strategies across the EMEA region for prepaid. Prior to joining First Data, Lisa gained much valuable experience through holding various positions within the finance industry. Lisa is also a qualified solicitor and has over 6 years experience as an account manager looking after key commercial card and retail finance portfolios.
